Chords for I wanna play the blues - Deborah Henson-Conant

_ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [Gm] So I'd like to play [F] a little song [Bb] for you.
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So this song, this is a blues.
[Bb] _ _ _ Did I already sing a blues with you?
[D] Or did I not?
Oh yeah, I sang a different blues.
It was almost [Bb] exactly like this one, [G] but different.
But that's okay.
[Ab] Because I don't really know that many different blues.
But it doesn't matter.
The blues is [C] the blues.
_ [F] _ [Bb] And _ [Fm] _ _
if you learn it, you might as well play it as much as you possibly can.
Okay?
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This [F] is a song [Ab] about when I first got my first heart.
_ _ _ And my parents said to me, _
And you know, this is a classical instrument.
_ [E] You can play nice, quiet, [N] soft classical music with it.
[Ab] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ I don't [Dm] think so.
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Oh, when my mama shipped on me
Your [Eb] crazy ways are gonna stop
You're gonna act like a [F] lady, playin' like an [Bb] angel
[Ab] _ _ [C] If you wanna catch [Bb] _ [Fm] _ _ your _ Beethoven
_ [Bbm] Have you an [Fm] ambulance?
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I said, Mama, [Gm] I don't [Ab] wanna play [Gm] Beethoven
[F] I [Gm] know they're really [F] great guys, but [Gm] I don't want what [F] they got
I [Gm] said, [C] Mama, let me tell [Bb] you the _ news
_ I [F] wanna play the blues
[Bb] That's your line.
I wanna play the blues
Let me hear you say that.
_ I wanna play the blues
I can't hear you.
_ I [F] wanna play the blues
[Bb] Say it like you mean it.
I [F] wanna play the [Bb] blues
Oh, _ _ _ well, my daddy, he told me
You're crazy, you're [Dm] gonna do it
[F] You better [Dm] cool [F] yourself down, tone yourself _ [Ab] down
You better play [Fm] me a great _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] A-snap, a [Bb] Wolfgang Mozart
[F] You can just kick back and [Dm]
lose
I said, Daddy, [Gm] I [Am] don't wanna [Gm] play old Mozart [F] and this
I [Bb] know they're [Am] geniuses, [F] there's one thing they're best
Daddy, let me tell [Bb] you the _ [F] news
_ I wanna play the [Cm] blues
Yeah, [F] what'd you say?
Say that again.
[Dm] I [F] wanna play the blues
That sounds good.
Say that again.
_ [Bb] I wanna [Fm] [F] play the blues
One more time.
_ [Bb] I wanna play the blues
I'm gonna play you some blues, okay? _
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_ _ [Bb] Okay.
Oh, [F] well, I thank you.
_ _ [Bb] _ [F] I thank you.
I thank you.
Mozart thanks you.
_ [Bb] _ [F] Oh, well, my mama, she told me
You're crazy, you gotta [Bb] stop
You [F] gotta act like a lady and play like [Fm] an angel
_ [Bb] If you wanna get to the top
You gotta practice your Beethoven
And [Fm] you never _
[Dm] lose
I said, [Gm] Mama, I [F] don't wanna play [Bb] _ [F] Beethoven and Bach
[Gm] I know they're [F] really great guys, I don't want what they've got
[Gm] I don't [F] wanna [Bb] play old Mozart [F] and this
[Bb] I know they're [F] geniuses, [Bb] there's [F] one thing they're best
[Gm] I [F] don't wanna play [Bb] Tchaikovsky [F] or Brahms
[Gm] Or [F] Schubert or [Bb] Schumann or the [F] Titans or Sons
[Gm] [F] Puccini, [Bb] Rossini, [F] Rossini, Ravel or [Ab] Pachelbel _ _ _ _
[F] I wouldn't even play Pachelbel
[Ab] If I could play him well
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_ [F] _ _ _ Those aren't [Bb] the kind of guys _ [C] [Bb] I'd [Cm]
choose
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_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Sing with me!
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[Bb] I wanna [F] play the blues
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I wanna play the blues _ _
_ I wanna [C] [Bb] play the blues That's right!
I [F] wanna [Bb] play the blues _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Dm] I wanna play the _ _
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_ _ _ [N] blues
I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ wanna play the blues
I wanna _ _ play the blues _ _ _ _
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